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The study reported that when graduating seniors were quizzed on the U.S. Constitution, the Puritans, and the like, they answered an average of only 54 percent of questions correctly. This proves empirically that most Americans are either dumb enough to forget the basic “civic literacy?...
As Harry R. Lewis ’68, Gordon McKay professor of computer science and former dean of Harvard College, argued in an editorial this summer: “Our children will not inherit our nationhood genetically. They can receive it only through learning.” If Harvard graduates...
It seems as though every CEO in America has found his or her Inner Writer. The pioneer was Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca, whose 1984 memoir, Iacocca, was a smash hit with 7 million copies in print. Then came GE CEO Jack Welch, who received $7 million for his 2001 tell...
"I’m pretty much self-taught. I guess I’ve learned techniques from watching videos and things like that."
While most Harvard students were busy with internships and summer classes this past July, sophomore golfers Sarah Harvey and Claire Sheldon were padding their resumes in a different way—by taking home top honors in the Virginia and Massachusetts state amateur tournaments.Harvey had “no expectations...